I remember a friend of mine who was an officer in the Dictionary Society told me that the Society had filed an amicus brief in a constitutional law case, urging the SCOTUS to read a phrase in the Constitution in light of the definition of the term in the 18th century. Apparently that strict constructionist, Scalia, just laughed at the brief. I don't recall what the case was--sorry!

Yes like I mentioned WMD use explosives as a dispersant , theres the confusion. Does not include bombs, IED's which under 921 would be defined as a destructive device 4 - A,i

WMD is often referred to by the collection of modalities that make up the set of weapons: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive

I guess they listed explosive this way is because not all chemical and bio WMDs need to use an explosive device . Some can be just added to the water supply or food supply or just in the air . So to cover all WMDs with or without, the word explosive was added as use of an dispersant.

"I remember a friend of mine who was an officer in the Dictionary Society told me that the Society had filed an amicus brief in a constitutional law case, urging the SCOTUS to read a phrase in the Constitution in light of the definition of the term in the 18th century. Apparently that strict constructionist, Scalia, just laughed at the brief. I don't recall what the case was--sorry!"

Man, Yoyo, that sounds like something I want to read more about. If it comes to you, or you think of a good way of searching for this, let me know.

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